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claim:morphogenesis-is-an-example-of-collective-intelligence-and-goal-directed-activityMorphogenesis is an example of collective intelligence and goal-directed activity.
Cells work together to build structures in a context-dependent manner, meeting James' test of 'fixed ends with varying means'.
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extracted_from(2022) · Levin, Michael
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- When eyes, nostrils, and jaws were mispositioned, they moved via novel trajectories and stopped upon reaching correct frog face positions, demonstrating anatomical homeostasis.
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- Levin-led research showing bioelectric signals encode and control anatomical goal states in living systems.
- Levin-influenced framework treating tissue-level morphogenesis as goal-directed, problem-solving intelligence via bioelectric signaling.
- Bioelectric and behavioral frameworks treating morphogenesis as problem-solving intelligence across scales, bridging Alexander's architectural principles with Levin's experimental regenerative biology.
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- The view that embryogenesis and regeneration are instances of collective problem-solving by cell groups navigating morphospace toward target morphologies.
- Levin's main interpretive reframing: rejects purely emergentist/mechanistic views of development in favor of treating morphogenesis as cybernetic, goal-directed problem-solving by cellular swarms.
- Asserts that developmental biology can be understood through the lens of problem-solving and cognitive concepts.
- Reframes developmental biology as a cognitive science.
- Frames developmental biology as an instance of basal cognition.
- Reframes developmental biology as collective cognition.
- Cells collectively solve anatomical problems, analogous to collective intelligence in social insects.
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- aboutblank_kbWhat is the nature of the target morphology representation that guides cellular collective behavior during development and regeneration?questions/what-is-the-nature-of-the-target-morphology.md0.841
- aboutblank_kbHow does a collective of cells store and measure information about correct anatomical target morphologies?questions/how-does-a-collective-of-cells-store-and.md0.829